Saturday, July 31st, 2010

When someone has done you an injustice, forgiveness is hard. Forgiving infidelity is even harder when that someone is your spouse whom you love and trust with all your heart. It cuts to the core of your being and forgiveness seems unfair when what your spouse has done is an outright betrayal of your trust and [...]

Having trust after infidelity can be a huge obstacle in repairing and maintaining a marriage. Because when cheating happens, trust is naturally broken. Trust is, in fact, a neccessary ingredient in a healthy marriage because it allows two people to share the deepest intimacy, fears and secrets. Our deepest feelings can only be shared when [...]

Surviving infidelity in a marriage is obviously tough. Betrayed spouses have been known to suffer emotionally with some even experiencing depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Blame, anger, bitterness, unhappiness and erosion of self-esteem are typical reactions to having a cheating spouse.
But when betrayal happens to you, it is also your duty to cope and make [...]